In this film, introverted waitress Ainsley meets her pen pal Jack for the first time. Ainsley begin writing Jack while he was in prison but doesn't know that he was incarcerated for beating his former girlfriend. After Ainsley moves in,… MoreIn this film, introverted waitress Ainsley meets her pen pal Jack for the first time. Ainsley begin writing Jack while he was in prison but doesn't know that he was incarcerated for beating his former girlfriend. After Ainsley moves in, it doesn't take long for the old Jack to emerge.

''Eye of God'' is another small coup for Ms. Plimpton, whose uncanny ability to disappear into an assortment of thorny working-class characters comes close to matching Meryl Streep's in chameleonlike perfection.